Sentences with phrase «defamatory publication»

The arrest was linked to an alleged defamatory publication against the Governor of Jigawa State, Mr. Abubakar Badaru, published in the Daily Trust.

Those points tend toward medium - neutrality, it seems, of defamatory publication, with a good balance of information - sharing and responsibility, per Crookes v. Newton.

Secured summary judgment for internet commerce client in lawsuit arising out of alleged defamatory publications on an internet messaging board

Mr. Sloutsker, a prominent Russian citizen, now resident in Israel, brought proceedings in England against Ms. Romanova for libel arising from defamatory publications in this country.

The court presided over by Justice Norvisi Aryine Tuesday ordered the newspaper to pay the former minister in the Kufuor administration GHc800, 000.00 for defamatory publications made against him.

Roads and Highways Minister Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has hinted of dragging Western Publications Communications Limited, publishers of the Daily Guide newspaper to court over alleged defamatory publication about him.

However, search results are effectively a presentation of links to material published elsewhere and as our own Supreme Court noted in the context of liability for defamatory publications, an internet bereft of links is not much of an internet at all:

On top of the GHc800, 000.00 damages, Justice Aryine also ordered the newspaper to retract the defamatory publications by means of a front page publication.

He also wants an order compelling the defendants, including Attorney - General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), to publish a full retraction of the defamatory publications and to apologise to him.

The suit by his lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), showed Dokpesi also praying for a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants or their agents from further making any defamatory publications against him, and N50million as cost of the action.

«The defendants» defamatory publications are malicious and calculated to overreach and prejudice my fair trial and for purposes of stampeding and cowing the court to convict me at all cost by agreeing with the defendants» skewed position,» the plaintiff said.

He also prayed for a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants — including Abubakar Malami, attorney - general of the federation — or their agents from further making «any defamatory publication» against him, requesting N50million as penalty for such.

In the suit by his lawyer Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Dokpesi is also praying for a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants or their agents from further making any defamatory publications against him, and N50million as cost of the action.

He is also praying for an order compelling the defendants, including Attorney - General of the Federation Abubakar Malami (SAN), to publish a full retraction of the defamatory publications and to apologize to him.

Basically, the question is whether someone who posts a link to a defamatory publication has him / her / itself published a defamation.

Firstly, the victim may bring the action before the courts of the Member State of the place where the publisher of the defamatory publication is established, which have jurisdiction to award damages for all of the harm caused by the defamation.

For online publications, a victim of a defamatory publication can sue before the courts of the Member State in which that person has his or her centre of interests.

I don't say that the courts will not look at how careful a writer is in researching the defamatory publication, but liability itself is strict, and the care speaks only to damages.

The policy reason is the societal interest in not barring a person's claim while the defamatory publication is still available online.